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UC Santa Cruz awarded $7.2 million grant for stem cell research center |
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May 07, 2008—A $7.2 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) will fund a new stem cell research center at UCSC. New understanding and techniques generated at the new center will have potential clinical applications for treating conditions such as neurodegenerative diseases, spinal cord injuries, stroke, and certain heart diseases and cancers.
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Feldheim research shows nature and nurture combine to form the right visual connections |
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May 06, 2008—Research on the genetic and molecular processes involved in development of the visual system reveals the line between nature and nurture in visual mapping and shows that vision occurs on an x-y axis.
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William Scott’s hammerhead ribozyme makes the cover of Chemistry & Biology |
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April 28, 2008—The cover of the April 2008 issue of Chemistry & Biology features an image created by William Scott, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz and the Center for Molecular Biology of RNA. The image depicts the three-dimensional chemical structure of an RNA enzyme—a full-length hammerhead ribozyme.
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Inspiration, determination lead to success for undergraduate biology major Shewit Tekeste |
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April 17, 2008—At UCSC, senior Shewit Tekeste has developed a fascination with biology and a commitment to biomedical research. This fall, she will begin a doctoral program at the UCLA Graduate School for Biomedical Research. But her interests and her passion for learning have their roots in Kenya, where she was born and raised.
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Bioelectronics engineer Wentai Liu designs prostheses to change lives |
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April 15, 2008—Wentai Liu is an electronics wizard whose work is enabling the development of devices once found only in the realm of science fiction—miniaturized electronic implants to restore vision, movement, and other biological functions lost to disease or injury. A professor of electrical engineering at UC Santa Cruz, Liu is a pioneer in the field of bioelectronics, collaborating with medical doctors and other researchers on ambitious projects that have already achieved remarkable results.
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David Haussler honored by International Society for Computational Biology |
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April 07, 2008—The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) has awarded its Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award to David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz.
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Optical tweezers pick up the ribosome beat |
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April 03, 2008—For the first time, researchers have glimpsed the physical steps of the ribosome machine as it translates messenger RNA into a protein. Their findings? Protein synthesis has a beat: bop bop bop pause; bop bop bop pause...
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Anthropologists confirm link between diet and teeth of chimpanzees and orangutans |
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March 18, 2008—For the first time, anthropologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have measured the mechanical properties of foods eaten in the wild by orangutans and chimpanzees to test assumptions about the link between diet and the teeth of primates.
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National engineering honor society installs chapter at UC Santa Cruz |
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March 18, 2008—The Engineering Honor Society at UC Santa Cruz was officially installed as the California Alpha Delta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi in a ceremony held on Saturday, March 8, at UCSC's Baskin School of Engineering. Tau Beta Pi, founded in 1885, is the largest engineering honor association in the world, with nearly 500,000 members.
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Spotlight on UCSC stem cell scholar Courtney Onodera |
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January 31, 2008—UCSC stem cell scholar Courntey Onodera combines computational and molecular biology lab approaches to explore the functions of ultraconserved elements in the human genome. Mouse embryonic stem cells offer a vehicle for studying how these elements may regulate neural development.
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